HBM has developed a comprehensive range of customized torque
transducers with both rotating and non-rotating designs and nominal
torques of up to 1.5 MN·m that ensure the latest generation
of wind turbine plants can perform optimally.

Wind power plants are increasingly being developed, particularly
for offshore applications, which pose new challenges to measurement
technology.

The expansion of wind technologies is critical in providing regenerative
energy and torques require accurate measuring and careful monitoring
to ensure maximum efficiency. Optimizing the torque increases
the efficiency of a wind power plant; efficiency increases of
just a few percent can result in savings worth millions.

Rotors of wind power plants rotate relatively slowly with the
speed being increased by gears to appropriate values for the
downstream generator. This then converts the wind energy into
electrical energy.

This process means that torques, particularly on the rotor side,
are extremely high. Torques in the range of several MN·m
can occur depending on the plant and wind conditions.

As a measurement technology specialist, HBM has also developed
designs for even higher torques that can be quickly supplied
when required by customers.

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About
HBM:HBM
(www.hbm.com) is a globally operating company specializing in
test and measurement. HBM provides complete measurement solutions
- from sensor to software - based on high quality products as
strain gages, load cells, tranducers, signal conditioning and
data acquisition electronics and software.

With development
and manufacturing operations in Europe, America and Asia, HBM
provides measurement solutions to a wide variety of companies
in the automotive, aerospace, marine, rail transport, medical
equipment, packaging, appliance, automation, and scale industries.

With a 50
year history of quality and precision products, the HBM name
has become synonymous with "Measurement with Confidence.

Founded in
Germany in 1950, HBM is today the technology and market leader
in the field of test and measurement. HBM's product range comprises
solutions for the entire measurement chain, from virtual to physical
testing. The company has production facilities in Germany, USA
and China and is represented in over 80 countries worldwide.___________________________________________________________